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Canada makes push to attract skilled migrants, including for defence

Canada makes push to attract skilled migrants, including for defence

Canada has launched a new program to attract highly skilled immigrants, including specialized military recruits, as it moves to overhaul a system the government says had become unsustainable. Canada has for decades been a top destination for economic migrants from the developing world, but in 2024 then-prime minister Justin

UK pubs to stay open late if home nations reach World Cup knockouts

UK pubs to stay open late if home nations reach World Cup knockouts

UK pubs will be allowed to stay open until 2:00 am if home nation teams reach the knockout stages of the football World Cup, the government said Thursday. Closing time for most British pubs is 11:00 pm (2300 GMT). But interior minister Shabana Mahmood has agreed to extend

US threatens to leave IEA if net zero focus remains

US threatens to leave IEA if net zero focus remains

The United States stepped up pressure on the International Energy Agency on Thursday to drop net zero from its agenda, giving it a year to do so or risk Washington exiting the organisation. Speaking on the last day of an IEA ministerial meeting in Paris, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright

Walmart outlines big AI ambitions as it reports mixed results

Walmart outlines big AI ambitions as it reports mixed results

Walmart's newly installed leadership team on Thursday emphasized plans to build up artificial intelligence integration, lifting shares of the retail behemoth despite a cautious forecast. Fresh off achieving a $1 trillion market value earlier this month, Walmart reported solid fourth-quarter results, but projected lower earnings per share

TotalEnergies in high-stakes French trial over climate change

TotalEnergies in high-stakes French trial over climate change

TotalEnergies faces cutting back oil and gas production if NGOs prevail in a trial that began Thursday over accusations the French energy giant failed to properly consider environmental risks. The case, brought by several NGOs and the city of Paris, is based upon a 2017 law that imposed a "

US trade deficit in goods widens to new record in 2025

US trade deficit in goods widens to new record in 2025

The US trade deficit in goods expanded to a new record in 2025, government data showed Thursday, despite sweeping tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed during his first year back in the White House. The US goods deficit stood at $1.24 trillion for all of last year, widening slightly

Bosnia probes fascist salutes at Croatian singer's concert

Bosnia probes fascist salutes at Croatian singer's concert

Bosnian prosecutors said Thursday they were investigating reports of fans performing fascist salutes at a concert by an ultra-nationalist Croatian singer. Videos emerged over the weekend from a concert by Croatian folk-rock singer Marko Perkovic, better known as Thompson, showing dozens of people in the crowd raising their